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House recorded vote (34th Congress) · August 16, 1856

H.R. 202

Recorded vote

TO RECEDE FROM ITS AMENDMENT ON H. R. 202 (11 STAT. 102, APP. 8/18/1856), MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1857 FISCAL YEAR, AND AGREE TO A SENAT…

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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).

The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 202

The map

How each state's members voted

In 16 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 10 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: no member on this roll call
Maine: 1 yes, 5 no
Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Washington: no member on this roll call
Idaho: no member on this roll call
Montana: no member on this roll call
North Dakota: no member on this roll call
Minnesota: no member on this roll call
Illinois: 3 yes, 4 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 2 no
Michigan: 1 yes, 3 no
New York: 6 yes, 25 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts: 0 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Oregon: no member on this roll call
Nevada: no member on this roll call
Wyoming: no member on this roll call
South Dakota: no member on this roll call
Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Indiana: 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Ohio: 2 yes, 16 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 11 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
New Jersey: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 no
California: 2 yes, 0 no
Utah: no member on this roll call
Colorado: no member on this roll call
Nebraska: no member on this roll call
Missouri: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky: 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia: no member on this roll call
Virginia: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maryland: 6 yes, 0 no
Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
Arizona: no member on this roll call
New Mexico: no member on this roll call
Kansas: no member on this roll call
Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee: 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
South Carolina: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no
Mississippi: 5 yes, 0 no
Alabama: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Georgia: 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Hawaii: no member on this roll call
Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 1 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 230 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

What was on the floor

Every roll call on H.R. 202

How each state's members voted

Alabama 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 1 yes, 0 no

Georgia 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 3 yes, 4 no

Indiana 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 4 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 6 yes, 0 no

Maine 1 yes, 5 no

Michigan 1 yes, 3 no

Missouri 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 5 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 6 yes, 25 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 2 yes, 16 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 8 yes, 11 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Tennessee 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Virginia 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 2 no

Every vote, by name — 230 members